Roller bearing



A. H. JONES AND M. G. ANTON.

ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATIONFILED MAY 7. 1921.

1,414,473, Patented May 2 1922 g W" I a l ALLAN 363N123,

.BiSSIGlNORS so CIRAZLE I A ODRJPflRATZQN 3 JERSEY.

EIFQL ml; 05 BELLEVIIEJE, NEW JERSEY,

This invention i'clsios I'io the .nmnufsciurs of anti-friction bearingsand has pariiculor reference so rollcr bearings of tie cylinder type andmods up in unisry series ssssmbly. I v

Among 'tlisobjccts oililllS inveniion is to provide for a, 'scicicsofhoming rollers, a rmining cage so consiruclccl as to hold tho rollers inproper rclscion to one another as Well as to llic cs irrespective of theprccisc length of the ro lcrsq Another objecib of the invention is toprovide a cage for retaining a series of rollers in a permanentassembly, insuring that the rcstcst freedom of movcmeni of the rollerslatomlly'with respect so tho axis of-lllo cage may be obtained, and yclWithout any possibility of loss of the rollers or their SBPZULE: lionfrom the cogs when being handled spam, from the machine with which thebearing is intended to be used;

With the foregoing and olvher objccis in view ills invention consis csin the arming-ement and combinciion of ports hereinafter described nnclclaimed; and While ihc invcm lion is not rcslriclccl so Ellis-exactdetails of consvuolion disclosed on snggcslcd herein, still for shepurpose of illnstm'ting s. pmciical sinliodimcnlthereof rcfsrsncc is badlo the sccom snying clsswings, in which like reference 0 smcisrsdcsignsic the some gosi'iss in the several views, and in which-- Figure1 is a vertical longiliuilinsl scciion of ihe invention on the lino l--1oi in Fig. 9; is an and. clsvclion.

Figs 3 and/lore cloiail views showing snc ccssivo stops in illsfosnmiion of no" rin s.

lig. 5 is a detail scclionol view indicot ing on'a largo scsl-o opirsffcissd rclsiionsliip difisront parts of the cogs.

-Roforring now more spcoificslly to silo drawings 10 indicates ocircular samos of Specification of letters Pacent.

"no ssps o Pjnlcnicci May 2, iQfiQL Earls Ho. 67,883.

bearing rollers, cvlinders may be otherwise shaped if desired. Each ofthese rollers has a hollow center 11, and while ii is shown as of thespiral or socalled flexible typo may obviously be oafihcn Wiseconstructed if desired. facturc of this iypo of bearing rollers asordinarily practiced it is s proclicslly im possible iilllllg to formthem of unifoi'm length, and thcrcfot c it is (liilicult to asssmblc o,scriss of provicls ample looscncss of the i'ollcrs for frccdom ofmovement; (Enabling lhcm to readily accommodate slicinsclvos their work.ll; follows, ilieroil'orc, iJ-lm a grcat many rollers perfectly good andilel our system, csnnol be used. satisfactorily vviili' zlie old orknown types of cages.

Gui improved cage comprises two end rings 12, ssampccl usiiolly fromslices? metal,

which while being'shown as In the manosaid rollc'rs in. a; cage so asmusable on- 7o she radial widthoi each ring being lcsstlisn ilic diameterof a roller ordinarily so as to insure proper oction of the bearingbetween a shall and its hub or their equivalent. 13 indicates a sat ofslining bars of any Well. known rings 12- in suitablc rigid spocsclparallel rclotion to each other. The rollers 10 are i ranged. loosely inthe circumferential spa cs between ad'accnt bars 13.

Each roll retaining bar 14, and so there is EEGVlflQfl a large amount ofclearance bstwccn the bar i l and the inner Wall or surface of theroller.

construction anclssrving :0 hold tho so or is supported loosely upon s.

To cficct the grcaltcsfi possible amount of my looseness rclslivclylociwcsn ills rollers and A silo cogs and yet insure class can so lionof the vollcvs'iz-om the cogs,

the zstoming bars 1 1- are comicclzsrl loosol with the cage rings 12,and yet this conncc'l ion is accomplished through a means lfiiilill'lgan impossibilily "for any SBPMTW- 'fimn so occur bcswccn no bars 14.-zm-cl ins rings, To accomplish this object W8 form she boss 1% as smoochstisiglns is coded cylinders, tit-c ends of which project loosely inlzopits l5 fol-med on tho limos faces of the rings. Ellis loossncss betweentho iz'sloining bars sml the Walls of inc oils applies bolls EDdWlSEand. lsicmlly of the 1% bars. Thai is to say, ills bars 1% aremslci'islly slioilci' than tlis spscc bs swveen films botioms of thepair of opposing pits, and

they are ver'" inncli sn'iziller in diameter than. iahe cliemeier of thepile. The bars ll, however, '1 long enongll to insure chat even thoughicy may move'enolwise so as to abut iii-g met the bottcm of one of thepies ii lie opposite ends cannot pass the 'QEll'l cal Well of the piisat tile other end. By of illusii'eucn of suitable lllllllfll ikeleng'eli so filial; time eppoeitc encle there elf will PYOjQCi) inioilie pits 15 to the extent. ci .050. 'llle ilmincter of the cevlty ll.oi:

'tlie rollers is cbenl; the same as that of the pits. There is thereforeproviclee e maximum clearance for lateral movement oi? the be 14: of.190, and Willi e similer clearance loci/ween ihc bar and the roller,there is e maximum pce iblc leljerel movement of .200 feieecli. rellenwith respect to the cage.

As ineliceteml in 3 the pits 15 may lee i'eirmcil by first punchingholes 16 directly ivlirougli the rings, and then by applying;oilieipunching lgcols to the rings c0ncenlricelly n1 ilie'licleslfi'lzlie metal is meshed clown so as $50 reduce the holes as indicatedch15 in the finished rings. Without lirei focining l oles 16 ii; is noteesy to punch form the pile 15, but after the holee 1% eye fornrgecltime pile may lie readily anal. pccfeclclyl formed. Furthermore, theholes 16' in cm liniehcd cage 'pcssess the ecclecl 'vm'icage offeseieting in the circnlelion of lnlnicmfi'i in and through thelneacings, ii? a relatively liglife cilie used.

ive cleifin:

l. iei'ein alesci i'bed roller bearing ccinpiczemg a cage series ofrollers inenneecl loosely therein, end cage including ill e pair of endrings having pairs of pits :iermccl in em opposing inner Surfaces thel ecf, cne pain? for each roller, and roll 1*- rciaining means projectingloosely into and terminating in said pits.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the roller-retaining meansprojecting infio the pits is sufficiently less in diameter illlfll'l thepits to provide a. large einoune oil: clearance for free laierelmovement ilIQTQUi I in any lireciion with respecl; to the rings anii theaxis of the retaining means.

A device as set forth in claim .1 in which the roller-retaining means isnew i "ielly shorter in effective length ilmn the distance between leeliclstorne cf the can responding pair of pits, thereby providing forleosc enclwise movement of the remining means.

4. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which lzlie roller-retainingmeans consis'es cf 3 cc-.1 cylindrical in form from entl to end; endsepareie from the roller reteinecl thereby.

A device as set forth in clein'i 1 in which the roller-retaining meansconsists of e cylindrical bin having flat ends and having a. diameternieiei'ielly less than the interior diamelzer of the roller retainedthereby.

v 5.3118 herein described rollei' bearing comprising a cage and acircular series of hollow rollers retained therein, said cage comprisinga. pair of spaced end rings, the

rings liming formed ilieretliiongh circular scri o1 llOi e and pitsformed on the innei? sides of the rings concentric with said holes.means to hold the rings in rigid spaced relation to each ctlicf, and aseries of members projecting loosely through the respective rollers andinto said pile, like 'l'0llGlC- retaining members being of greeici'diameter then said holes.

in testimony whereof We ellix our signeiures.

ALLAN H, JONES. Ililfllilii'. G. ANTON.

